Uncle Sam wants you An American Soldier shows us how much. An American Soldier brilliantly defies partisanship, allowing audiences to draw their own conclusions. Sundance veteran Belzberg (Children Underground) brings the unflinching immediacy of her vrit style to the phenomenon of military recruitment sweeping the nation. A new squad of innocents face their mortality. After graduation, the recruits head off to basic training, where they transition to soldiers, awaiting deployment to Iraq. He becomes their personal trainer, motivator, shrink, and surrogate father. To these high-schoolers, Sergeant Usie is a true role model. Usie succeeds because he believes in what he is doing, he genuinely cares about the young people in his charge, and he is a hell of a salesman.Ä«elzberg focuses on four of Usies new recruits. Brandon Deshawn Johnson, 20, of Houma, was later arrested in the incident. Five people were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds, two in critical condition and the other three with injuries classified as minor, the sheriff said. What emerges is a double-edged portrait of a man entirely dedicated to his mission. The gunman was also seen shooting at the ceiling. Filmmaker Edet Belzberg travels to Usies hometown of Houma, Louisiana, to track his day-today life over a nine-month period.
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Enter Sergeant First Class Clay Usieone of the most successful Army recruiters in America today. Five years into the war in Iraq, with no mandatory draft to fill its depleting ranks, the United States Army is more dependent than ever on persuasive recruiters to lure young would-be soldiers to the front lines.